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Rangers call up veteran reliever Cotts
ARLINGTON -- The Rangers called up left-hander Neal Cotts on Tuesday from Triple-A Round Rock, almost four years to the day when he last pitched in the Major Leagues. Cotts was 3-1 with a 0.78 ERA in 15 games for Round Rock, holding opponents to a .171 batting average. He had not allowed a hit to a left-handed hitter in 23 innings. "I'm really excited, definitely a lot of ups and ...
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Sundberg Pudge to represent Rangers at Draft
ARLINGTON -- Former catchers Jim Sundberg and Ivan Rodriguez, who won 19 Gold Gloves between them in their careers, will represent the Rangers at the 2013 First-Year Player Draft. They will be in attendance on June 6 at MLB Network's Studio 42 in Secaucus, N.J. Sundberg has been in the Rangers' front office since 2004 and is currently senior executive vice president. Rodriguez, after ...
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Drug testing for unemployment passes Texas House
The law would require state officials to screen applicants to see whether they might abuse drugs. Only if there is reasonable suspicion could the Texas Workforce Commission order a drug ...
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Circuit wants Austin’s support for X Games bid
Circuit of the Americas is seeking the city of Austin's support to win a bid to host the ESPN's summer X Games, an international event that could generate more than $50 million a year in economic activity for Austin.The event is broadcast over 27 hours to 380 homes worldwide, and it features skateboard, BMX, motorcycle, bike and car competitions on elaborate courses and skate ...
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The Blotter Suspect in attempted kidnapping in East Austin arrested
Attempted kidnapping suspect arrested A man accused of attempting to kidnap a 14-year-old girl in East Austin last month has been arrested, police said Tuesday. Before his arrest, Jermail Travon Houston, 23, was charged last week with attempted kidnapping, a state jail felony.A girl was leaving a convenience store in the 1900 block of Chicon Street on April 15 when a man grabbed her arm and ...
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Lawmaker resurrects radioactive water bill
By CHRIS TOMLINSONAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Republican lawmaker has resurrected a radioactive waste bill that would allow a West Texas site to store more hazardous materials. San Angelo Rep. Drew Darby on Tuesday incorporated the measure into another bill governing a radioactive storage site in Anderson County. The measure allows the Waste Control Specialists' nuclear waste ...
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Central Texas law enforcement joins forces to end distracted driving
Law enforcement agencies across Central Texas are joining forces to end distracted driving to make sure drivers and their passengers arrive to their destinations safely. The first "Arrive Alive" initiative will be taking place this coming Memorial Day weekend. "Every morning that I wake up and see a death on there is a morning that my day starts off thinking about a family that ...
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Florida volunteers head to Oklahoma to help tornado victims
LONGWOOD -- Central Floridians are stepping up to help in a disaster elsewhere in the country, as a team of 10 people from Longwood prepare to help survivors of a ...
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Leander SWAT situation ends peacefully
LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) - Police are evacuating certain areas of a Leander neighborhood on Tuesday evening due to a suicidal man. The Leander Police Department said they received a call around 4:20 p.m. stating there was a suicidal man in a home near Sonoma Court and Presidio Drive. Police say the man is in the home alone, but they are being cautious about approaching the home. Several homes ...
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SWAT situation in Leander neighborhood
LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) - Police are evacuating certain areas of a Leander neighborhood on Tuesday evening due to a suicidal man. The Leander Police Department said they received a call around 4:20 p.m. stating there was a suicidal man in a home near Sonoma Court and Presidio Drive. Police say the man is in the home alone, but they are being cautious about approaching the home. Several homes ...
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Commissioners vote to add ambulance service in eastern Travis County
Travis County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to add ambulance service to a fire station in an eastern part of the county that officials say is growing but lacking nearby emergency medical services.If the Austin City Council signs off on the expansion Thursday, a new, part-time Austin-Travis County EMS station will be based in the fire station at FM 969 and Hunters Bend Road starting ...
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Herman 737 comes to the 512
The 737 is on final approach, and Central Texas never will be the same.It's our new area code, and it's designed to make it easier to identify the newly arrived Texafornians. No, it's not ...
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Community News New school board member appointed in Round Rock Elgin to host Sausage and Opera Festival June 1
Community college to host luncheon Austin Community College's Center for Public Policy and Political Studies is holding a fund-raising luncheon from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Hilton Austin, 500 E. 4th St.This year's event will feature Tom Pauken as the keynote speaker. Pauken, who has said he is running for governor in 2014, served as the former head of the Texas Workforce ...
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Agencies to target aggressive Central Texas drivers
Central Texas law enforcement officials said Tuesday they have formed a traffic safety group to try to stem the record pace for deadly encounters on local roadways this year.Their aim will be to stop aggressive driving, whether through increased traffic stops, citations or criminal charges, officials said.In Austin alone, police have reported 29 traffic fatalities in 2013. There were 28 traffic ...
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Woman gets 50 years for attack on ex-husband
A woman has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after she was convicted last week in a vicious attack on her ex-husband in February 2012.A Travis County jury on Friday found Andria Stanley, 32, guilty of aggravated kidnapping and burglary of habitation with an intent to commit a felony, and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.After deliberating for more than three hours ...
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Circuit of the Americas lab team up to conduct eco-friendly research and development
Austin's Circuit of the Americas will soon be home to several eco-friendly projects that one day might be capable of doing everything from conserving fuel to harnessing solar and wind power.Officials announced Tuesday that Circuit of the Americas will team with the newly formed Pike Powers Laboratory and Center for Commercialization, offering up its 1,500-acre site for research and ...
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Panel advances 3 UT board nominees to full Senate
A Senate panel voted 6-0 Tuesday to advance the nominations of three people for the University of Texas System Board of Regents to the full Senate.Gov. Rick Perry's nominees -- Ernest Aliseda of McAllen, Jeff Hildebrand of Houston and Paul Foster of El Paso -- spent four hours Monday before the Nominations Committee, with much of senators' questioning focused on the Austin flagship and ...
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Schools stronger since Jarrell tornado
JARRELL, Texas (KXAN) - The people of Jarrell have some sense of what Moore, Okla., is going through. Next week marks the 16th anniversary of the tornado that stormed through this Williamson County town that left much of it leveled and took the lives of 27 people. Years earlier, the town was also hit by a twister. School was out for the day when the tornado hit on May 27, 1997. But the schools ...
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Jarrell ISD installs safe rooms after 1997 tornado
One of the scariest aspects of the Oklahoma tornado tragedy is that the twister flattened two schools while children were inside. In Texas, every school district is in charge of its own emergency safety plan in case of disasters. One community in Williamson County knows firsthand what Oklahomans are going through. It was almost 16 years ago that a F5 tornado touched down here in Jarrell, ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 21
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...
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Austin-to-San Francisco route debuts
Virgin America's new route between Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and San Francisco International Airport debuted Tuesday. The inaugeral flight included an in-flight performance by Austin-based band The Bright Light Social Hour.Photo by Virgin ...
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Commissioner says Lehmberg should resign
A Travis County commissioner called Tuesday for District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg to step down in the wake of her DWI conviction and jail sentence."I think the best thing that can happen is for Rosemary to resign from office," Commissioner Gerald Daugherty said. "If she doesn't, and she stays, I will be right there with ...
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Residents in Oklahoma begin recovery process after devastating tornado
The National Weather Service now says Monday's tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma was at the top-of the scale--an EF-5. That would give the tornado winds from 261 to 318 miles per hour. Tuesday was a day when this community seemed to take deep breath, a chance to take in all this damage just for a moment and then it was back to work. As another storm rolled into Moore, Oklahoma, Larry ...
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Dave Matthews Band concert at COTA postponed
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Due to severe weather concerns in the Central Texas region, Tuesday night's Dave Matthews Band performance has been postponed. The concert, which was slated to take place at the Circuit of the Americas amphitheater at 7 p.m., will now take place Wednesday at 7 p.m. All purchased tickets and pre-paid parking passes will be honored for the rescheduled concert. We regret any ...
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Pine Bluff Salvation Army Headed to Oklahoma to Help Tornado Victims First Responders
PINE BLUFF, AR -- The Salvation Army in Pine Bluff is headed to Oklahoma to feed first responders and people still in the area affected by the tornado.The responders in Pine Bluff have one of the newer disaster trucks equipped to serve more than 700 meals at breakfast, lunch and dinner."It's not too big where you can't get into some tight places," says Commanding Officer ...
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Austin among the leading US cities emerging from recession
The financial crisis, now refered to by some as the Great Recession, has battered cities across the country, but Austin has become a pocket of hope where jobs are available and the population is growing, suggesting that the city may be among a few in the US leading the country out of the recession.
Austin has been ranked in the top 20 US cities with strong population growth, the study was done by the Census Bureau, this is a reflection of the sound economic performance of Texas as whole (the state had several of its cities in the top 20), and subsequently may be given four additional House seats following the 2010 census. Read more
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